The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
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The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
Well? Burt Freeman Bacharach?, Jim Steinman? name and put forward some other names.
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Re: The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
Professional songwriter/team (Bacharach and David), or performer/songwriter whose songs work really well for other performers (Leonard Cohen)?
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Re: The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
Lets go Krazy, either can be nominated.
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Re: The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
in the first category then, off the top of my noggin:
Bacharach-David
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Barrett-Strong
Goffin-King
Mann-Weil
and for a few years at least, Lennon-McCartney
(for now)
Bacharach-David
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Barrett-Strong
Goffin-King
Mann-Weil
and for a few years at least, Lennon-McCartney
(for now)
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Re: The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
in the second category:
Lennon-McCartney
Leonard Cohen
Bob Dylan
Lennon-McCartney
Leonard Cohen
Bob Dylan
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Re: The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
Smokey Robinson should be in there.
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Re: The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
S.A.W.
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Re: The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers/Hart, the Gershwins.
Oh, you mean nothing before R&R? Then Moleskin nailed it, except he missed Leiber/Stoller, Pomus/Shuman and Barry/Greenwich
Oh, you mean nothing before R&R? Then Moleskin nailed it, except he missed Leiber/Stoller, Pomus/Shuman and Barry/Greenwich
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Osgood wrote:Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers/Hart, the Gershwins.
Oh, you mean nothing before R&R? Then Moleskin nailed it, except he missed Leiber/Stoller, Pomus/Shuman and Barry/Greenwich
Well, I was working off the top of my head. Those are all good picks, including the pre-rock choices. Although I did wonder, based on the question, whether Markus wasn't interested more in singer-songwriter types who also wrote for others, or were covered by them.
I surprised myself by realising that in the 60s, Lennon-McCartney wrote hits for other people (mostly cast-offs, if we're honest) like 'Bad To Me' and 'Step Inside Love', but subsequently it's all been covers of their Beatles material, with a few exceptions.
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Charlie O. wrote:Smokey Robinson should be in there.
He should. And Marvin Gaye too, I think? Didn't he have a hand in some of the early Motown hits?
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Gibb brothers. Maybe Bowie.
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Osgood wrote:Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers/Hart, the Gershwins.
Oh, you mean nothing before R&R? Then Moleskin nailed it, except he missed Leiber/Stoller, Pomus/Shuman and Barry/Greenwich
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Geezee wrote:Gibb brothers. Maybe Bowie.
Wasn't it mostly Barry?
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Re: The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
Osgood wrote:Boyce /Hart
Glen Campbell
Neil Diamond
Glen Campbell? He wrote Less of Me, Try a Little Kindness, and not much more.
I was going to say "Jimmy Webb."
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Muskrat wrote:Osgood wrote:Boyce /Hart
Glen Campbell
Neil Diamond
Glen Campbell? He wrote Less of Me, Try a Little Kindness, and not much more.
I was going to say "Jimmy Webb."
I wrote Glen Campbell but was thinking about Jimmy Webb. Geez, é brutta la vecchiaia
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Re: The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
That guy Trad Arr must be a billionaire
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Tactful Cactus wrote:That guy Trad Arr must be a billionaire
Hm.
I think mr. P. Domain is up there too.
On the whole, I'd rather be in Wallenpaupack.
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Moleskin wrote:S.A.W.
Not bad. The aural equivalent of torture porn.
On the whole, I'd rather be in Wallenpaupack.
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Re: The Best SongWriter For Other Artists.
Surely you want someone who does perform songs but also writes for others, rather than a lieber or a stoller.
Barry Gibb would win.
Barry Gibb would win.